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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...nt-low-switzerland-europe-semen-a8924091.html
Swiss men have some of the worst sperm in Europe, study finds
'The sperm quality of young men in Switzerland is in a critical state,' researchers warn
Swiss men have some of the worst sperm in Europe, according to new research.
Scientists carried out the first nationwide study of semen quality on young Swiss men and found only 38 per cent of them had above average quality sperm.
Seventeen per cent are considered "subfertile" and likely to struggle to have children, according to thresholds set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This means they have sperm concentrations of less than 15 million per ml of semen.
The median concentration of sperm ranges between 41 to 67 million per ml of semen for young European men. Swiss men have an average of 47 million per ml, according to the study, published in the journal Andrology.
“It’s important to understand that the time needed to conceive increase significantly if a man has a sperm concentration below 40 million sperm per ml,” said Professor Serge Nef from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), who helped carry out the research.
Swiss men have some of the worst sperm in Europe, study finds
'The sperm quality of young men in Switzerland is in a critical state,' researchers warn
Swiss men have some of the worst sperm in Europe, according to new research.
Scientists carried out the first nationwide study of semen quality on young Swiss men and found only 38 per cent of them had above average quality sperm.
Seventeen per cent are considered "subfertile" and likely to struggle to have children, according to thresholds set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This means they have sperm concentrations of less than 15 million per ml of semen.
The median concentration of sperm ranges between 41 to 67 million per ml of semen for young European men. Swiss men have an average of 47 million per ml, according to the study, published in the journal Andrology.
“It’s important to understand that the time needed to conceive increase significantly if a man has a sperm concentration below 40 million sperm per ml,” said Professor Serge Nef from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), who helped carry out the research.